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Election in Massachusetts, United States
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1933 Boston mayoral election Boston Presidential no 1929 Boston mayoral election 1929 November 7, 1933 1937 Boston mayoral election 1937 Frederick William Mansfield (2).png Frederick Mansfield Nonpartisan candidate 70,035 28.31% Mayor James Michael Curley Frederick Mansfield Malcolm E. Nichols portrait photograph, circa 1925 a (3x4).jpg Malcolm Nichols Nonpartisan candidate 68,321 27.62% 1918 William Foley Massachusetts House of Representatives (2).png William J. Foley Nonpartisan candidate 60,776 24.57% 1935 Henry Parkman senator Massachusetts (cropped) (a).png Henry Parkman Jr. Nonpartisan candidate 28,184 11.73% Boston mayor election, 1933 (1).png 260px Results by wardDemocrats (Mansfield, Foley, And O'Connell):
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Boston
The Boston mayoral election of 1933 occurred on Tuesday, November 7, 1933. Former state treasurer Frederick Mansfield defeated five other candidates to be elected Mayor of Boston.
In 1918, the Massachusetts state legislature had passed legislation making the Mayor of Boston ineligible to serve consecutive terms.https://www.proquest.com/docview/503359225 REPORT BILL TO STOP CONSECUTIVE TERMS The Boston Globe 6 February 26, 1918 March 12, 2018 limited pqarchiver.com Thus, incumbent James Michael Curley was unable to run for re-election.
Mansfield was inaugurated on Monday, January 1, 1934.https://www.proquest.com/docview/847829536 MANSFIELD TO TAKE OATH THIS MORNING The Boston Globe 20 January 1, 1934 March 16, 2018 limited pqarchiver.com
Candidates
William J. Foley, District Attorney of Suffolk County since 1927
Frederick Mansfield, Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts from 1914 to 1915
Malcolm Nichols, Mayor of Boston from 1926 to 1930
Joseph F. O'Connell, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1907 to 1911
Henry Parkman Jr., member of the Massachusetts Senate since 1929, member of the Boston City Council from 1925 to 1929
Michael H. Sullivan, municipal court judge and former chairman of the Boston Finance Commission
Results
CandidatesGeneral ElectionAnnual Report of the Election Department 1933 41 Boston [Election Dept.] https://archive.org/stream/annualreportofbo1933bost#page/40/mode/2upVotes% Frederick Mansfield 70,035 28.31 Malcolm Nichols 68,321 27.62 William J. Foley 60,776 24.57 Henry Parkman Jr. 28,184 11.73 Joseph F. O'Connell 9,961 4.03 Michael H. Sullivan 9,127 3.69 All others 132 0.53
See also
List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts
References
Further reading
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17962586/mansfield_wins_in_boston_defeats/ Mansfield Wins in Boston: Defeats Nichols by 1909: Foley Finishes in 3d Place Fitchburg Sentinel November 8, 1933 newspapers.com
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